Bird AlbumBenin · Mono Department
Grand-Popo
133 species and 270 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Seen here in November
Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
Woodland KingfisherHalcyon senegalensis
African Pied WagtailMotacilla aguimp
Plain-backed PipitAnthus leucophrys
Variable SunbirdCinnyris venustus
Great EgretArdea alba
Senegal CoucalCentropus senegalensis
Slender-billed WeaverPloceus pelzelni
Yellow-fronted TinkerbirdPogoniulus chrysoconus
Brown BabblerTurdoides plebejus
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Red-billed FirefinchLagonosticta senegala
African Green PigeonTreron calvus
Long-tailed Glossy StarlingLamprotornis caudatusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Aneho Lagoon and Beachfront22 km40 species
- Ouidah33 km46 species
- Auberge du Lac40 km69 species
- Hotel Sarakawa61 km52 species
- Abomey-Calavi – Lac Nokoue62 km91 species
- Lac Eyadema66 km45 species
All 133 species recorded here
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- West African Crested Tern Thalasseus albididorsalis
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Ethiopian Swallow Hirundo aethiopica
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Yellow-crowned Gonolek Laniarius barbarus
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- African Blue Flycatcher Elminia longicauda
- Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys
- Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis
- Carmelite Sunbird Chalcomitra fuliginosa
- White-throated Bee-eater Merops albicollis
- Brown-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira cyanea
- Slender-billed Weaver Ploceus pelzelni
- Blue-spotted Wood Dove Turtur afer
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Wilson's Indigobird Vidua wilsoni
- Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Green-headed Sunbird Cyanomitra verticalis
- African Grey Woodpecker Dendropicos goertae
- Oriole Warbler Hypergerus atriceps
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- Orange Weaver Ploceus aurantius
- Black-necked Weaver Ploceus nigricollis
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Piapiac Ptilostomus afer
- African Thrush Turdus pelios
- Mangrove Sunbird Anthreptes gabonicus
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Splendid Sunbird Cinnyris coccinigastrus
- Copper Sunbird Cinnyris cupreus
- Olive-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris chloropygius
- Winding Cisticola Cisticola marginatus
- Senegal Batis Batis senegalensis
- Black-winged Red Bishop Euplectes hordeaceus
- Northern Red Bishop Euplectes franciscanus
- Blue-breasted Kingfisher Halcyon malimbica
- Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Yellow-gorgeted Greenbul Atimastillas flavicollis
- Western Plantain-eater Crinifer piscator
- Brown Babbler Turdoides plebejus
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- White-fronted Plover Anarhynchus marginatus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Splendid Starling Lamprotornis splendidus
- Northern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicus
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- African Finfoot Podica senegalensis
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Beautiful Sunbird Cinnyris pulchellus
- Northern Puffback Dryoscopus gambensis
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Pygmy Sunbird Hedydipna platura
- African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
- Rosy Bee-eater Merops malimbicus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
- Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser superciliosus
- Black-headed Weaver Ploceus melanocephalus
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Allen's Gallinule Porphyrio alleni
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Yellow Penduline Tit Anthoscopus parvulus
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Yellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- Dwarf Bittern Botaurus sturmii
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Yellow-browed Camaroptera Camaroptera superciliaris
- Red-breasted Swallow Cecropis semirufa
- Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
- Black Coucal Centropus grillii
- Black-throated Coucal Centropus leucogaster
- Buff-throated Sunbird Chalcomitra adelberti
- Short-winged Cisticola Cisticola brachypterus
- Black Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus aterrimus
- Yellow-billed Shrike Corvinella corvina
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- Yellow-mantled Widowbird Euplectes macroura
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- Blackcap Babbler Turdoides reinwardtii
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Greater Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus rufescens
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Long-tailed Glossy Starling Lamprotornis caudatus
- Northern Fiscal Lanius humeralis
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Black-and-white Mannikin Spermestes bicolor
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
How many bird species have been seen at Grand-Popo?
133 species, from 270 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Grand-Popo in November?
The most recorded in November: Common Bulbul, Woodland Kingfisher, African Pied Wagtail, Plain-backed Pipit and Variable Sunbird.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.